A User Parameter-Free Diagonal-Loading Scheme for Clutter Rejection on Radar Wind Profilers
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DOI: 10.1175/jtech-d-16-0058.1
Abstract: AbstractThis paper presents a novel method for the automatic determination of the diagonal-loading level for robust adaptive beamforming on radar wind profilers. This method balances the degradation of the signal-to-interference ratio with that of the… read more here.
Keywords: wind; clutter; wind profilers; diagonal loading ... See more keywords
Calibrating radar wind profiler reflectivity factor using surface disdrometer observations
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DOI: 10.5194/amt-16-2381-2023
Abstract: Abstract. This study uses surface disdrometer reflectivity factor estimates to calibrate the vertical and off-vertical pointing radar beams produced by an ultra high frequency (UHF) band radar wind profiler (RWP) deployed at the US Department… read more here.
Keywords: reflectivity; surface disdrometer; reflectivity factor; radar ... See more keywords